Chris Hicks lifted their spirits by sending over Chris Riley but another injury, this time to Paul Rauhihi, further depleted them.

Huddersfield had the taste and Ryan Hudson's pass gave looseforward Kevin Brown the chance to dive over. The visitors struck again when Hudson touched down Thorman's grubber kick. So Warrington went off at halftime 6-24 down to a chorus of disapproval.

Thorman landed a penalty soon after the restart before Matt King's try suggested Warrington still had something left in their locker. They did. Kevin Penny did superbly to catch Michael Monaghan's kick to touch down. Hicks, the first Warrington player to score in every round of a Super League season, cut the deficit to 10 points.

When Giants were penalised near their line, home hooker Jon Clarke crashed over to make it 20-26. But Warrington, going for broke, were finished off by David Faiumu's converted try.